cbo report that the economic consequences of the cliff, the first critical step is to extend the mid cal class tax cut. it's almost half of the impact on our g.d.p. the upper income is onen tenth of one% in terms of economic impact. 1/10 of 1%. it's a question of listening to the american people. >> i would like to close by saying a lot has been said about what will happen if we go over the cliff. let's think about what will happen if we don't and the confidence that the market cease and the confidence that consumers will have further creating jobs. the confidence that they have that we can get a job done here, that's really important. but it's about job creation and growth that is so important. a job is the best answer to most every challenge that a family has. it is also a great way to relieve the federal budget of some of the social services that are necessary. and more important than that, it's the dignity of work and rewarding it and the fairness that the tax code that this is taking us to the clinton tax rates. others can speak to what it was under reagan and the rest of that. but